In this time of change in American administrations, moving from “American First” to the unknowns of the incoming Biden administration, the role of the United States in the world remains uncertain.

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As the nation turns 250, Southern states are commemorating both the birth of American democracy and the diverse communities ...

This essay is excerpted from Sam Wineburg’s Why Learn History (When It’s Already on Your Phone), out now from University of Chicago Press. History, for Zinn, is looked at from “the bottom up”: a view ...

MR. MCMASTER gives notice of the school to which he belongs when he entitles his history of the United States A History of the People of the United States. 1 The late Mr. J. R. Green was not precisely ...

America at 250 could look at the best examples of public service—public service in which the governmental institution expired ...

U.S. Steel (NYSE: X) is one of the world's oldest companies. Founded in 1901, it was known simply as "The Corporation". Thanks to its long history as one of the United States' premier industrial ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. There was a time when abortion was simply ...

In Ohio, lawmakers passed a new bill that authorizes public school and state university teachers to instruct on the “positive ...

This winter’s Beijing Games marks the second time that the Chinese city has hosted the Olympics. They will also be the first city to have hosted both the Summer (2008) and Winter Olympics. Paris is ...